In Wednesday's league outing, the Hackettstown Tigers (Hackettstown, NJ) basketball squad beat the visiting Newton Braves (Newton, NJ), by a margin of 53-40.

The Tigers (3-0) will now prepare for their outing against Hoboken (Hoboken, NJ). The Redwings go into the non-league outing with a 1-2 record. In their last outing, Hoboken was beaten by Ridge (Basking Ridge, NJ), 45-28, in a non-league outing.

The Braves now own a 0-2 record. They play next when they travel to Kittatinny Regional for a non-league outing on Friday, December 22. Newton will clash with a Cougars squad coming off a 60-56 league loss to Hopatcong (Hopatcong, NJ). The Cougars record now stands at 1-1.